From its position the SMM estimated that the shells were fired from a position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces located in Berdianske. The SMM assessed that the majority of these outgoing shells impacted on the southern part of the Shyrokyne village, controlled by “DPR”. About 20 mortar shells were observed to have been fired back from the area controlled by “DPR”.
When the SMM departed at 17:15hrs the fire continued in a similar intensity. According to Ukrainian and Russian Federation representatives at the Joint Centre for Control and Co- ordination (JCCC) in Bezimenne (government-controlled, 28km east of Mariupol), as well as contacts within the community of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Shyrokyne present in Mariupol, shelling had continued until 18:35hrs on 27 March. According to the JCCC representatives, sporadic small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fire continued in the village until approximately 20:40hrs.